Clinical reasoning Expert clinical reasoning and decision-making skills can be developed by the regular practice of intricate reflection backed up by continuous learning and deliberate practice strategies. Physiotherapy clinical practice is a propositional knowledge-informed art crafted with regularly updated-upgraded multimodal skills,...
Hamstring strain injuries are one of the major problems with a high incidence of re-injury in sports involving sprinting and jumping, such as in soccer, rugby and other sports with high explosive power demands. Recent high-quality studies have postulated various evidence-based...
Gluteus Medius (GM) is one of the strongest lower extremity muscles 1. It primarily abducts the hip, providing frontal plane stability for the pelvis during standing, walking, running and other advanced weight bearing or non-weight bearing functional activities 2. Gluteus Medius...
Introduction The rotator cuff muscles group consists of Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and the Subscapularis muscles. The primary function of the rotator cuff is to keep the head of the humerus depressed and centered into the glenoid fossa permitting a single center...
Supraspinatus (SSP) is one of the four rotator cuff muscles. It originates in the supraspinatus fossa, superior portion of the scapula (shoulder blade), just above the spine of the scapula. It passes laterally underneath the acromion process to insert in the...
Elbow flexor and extensor muscle weakness in lateral epicondylalgia. Coombes BK, Bisset L, Vicenzino B. Elbow flexor and extensor muscle weakness in lateral epicondylalgia. Br J Sports Med. 2012;46:449-453. Abstract Background Lateral epicondylalgia; lateral (LE) is one of the common and...
Elbow flexor and extensor muscle weakness in lateral epicondylalgia. Coombes BK, Bisset L, Vicenzino B. Elbow flexor and extensor muscle weakness in lateral epicondylalgia. Br J Sports Med. 2012;46:449-453. Abstract Background Lateral epicondylalgia (LE) is one of the common and complex...
Observation A cadaveric specimen of left knee was dissected. Upon observation before dissection, there was an obvious presence of a moderate degree of valgus malalignment of the knee joint. Medial side of the knee was dissected carefully to look over all...
INTRODUCTION The menisci are two discernible crescent-shaped fibro-cartilaginous structures that are found between the femoral and tibial condyles. Although they were considered to be the functionless remains of leg muscles for many years, the menisci are now well defined as the...
